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Microsoft’s aggressive investigation” of the pre-release leak of Halo Reach on a number of internet file-sharing sites has resulted in a string of bans for those found guilty of playing the game early. Maxconsole reports that the platform holder has not just blocked Xbox Live access on offending users’ hardware …

UPDATE: Microsoft has issued the following statement to MCV. Voice control is an exciting part of the Kinect for Xbox 360 controller-free experience and we can confirm that it will be available at launch in November 2010. Only on Xbox 360 will you be able to navigate the Kinect Hub …

All three platform holders have thrown their weight behind this week’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival, promising to show off new titles and technology. Nintendo and Sony have confirmed they will be part of the consumer-facing Festival Square, which will offer a glimpse at their Q3/Q4 line-ups. Nintendo is bringing an inflatable …

Last year Amazon begun selling codes to download titles from Xbox Live via its website. Less than 18 months later, however, the retailer has pulled out of the service. We are no longer selling Xbox Live arcade game codes on Amazon.com,” a statement on the Amazon site reads. You can …

Full versions of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 shooter Halo Reach have arrived on internet file-sharing sites. At the time of writing over ten different downloads are currently available. The development follows news over the weekend that hackers had managed to obtain the full game from Microsoft’s press version of Xbox Live. …

It appears that a group of online hackers has got their hands on a full version of Halo Reach far ahead of its official worldwide release on September 14th. Microsoft recently posted a digital version of the title online for reviewers to access, and it seems as if some modders …

Microsoft’s mixed message over its ambitions to market the Kinect motion cameras to the traditional hardcore Xbox 360 audience continues. I believe a large slug of the core community will love Kinect for 360,” European VP for Xbox 360 interactive business Chris Lewis told Eurogamer. They’ll love the navigating round …

Microsoft would never dream of exiting the PC games space. That’s the message from European Xbox boss Chris Lewis, following the announcements of Microsoft Flight and Age of Empires Online at Gamescom. Early last year, Microsoft closed PC developers Ensemble (creators of Age of Empires) and ACES (the studio behind …

Platform holder Microsoft has issued an official response to the news that the once Xbox 360 and PC only RPG series Mass Effect will be heading to the PS3 with the release of Mass Effect 2 on Sony’s console in January. The first game in the series, however, will not …

Electronic Arts is not announcing any launch games for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 smartphone OS for now, says the publisher. EA’s omission from a list of 63 launch games published yesterday by Microsoft was puzzling, given the inclusion of rivals like Gameloft, Glu, Namco Bandai and Digital Chocolate. Sister site …